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</header>
+<section><title>Common_Test 1.5.5</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ An error in how comments are colored in the test suite
+ overview html log file has been corrected. As result, a
+ new framework callback function, format_comment/1, has
+ been introduced.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9237</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Automatically generated init- and end-configuration
+ functions for test case groups caused incorrect execution
+ order of test cases. This has been corrected.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9369</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ If multiple directories were specified with the 'logdir'
+ flag/option, Common Test would crash. This has been fixed
+ so that an error is properly reported instead.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9370</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ If ct:log/2 was called with bad arguments, this could
+ cause the Common Test IO handling process to crash. This
+ fault has been corrected.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9371 Aux Id: OTP-8933 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ A bug has been fixed that made Test Server call the
+ end_tc/3 framework function with an incorrect module name
+ as first argument.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9379 Aux Id: seq11863 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ If a timetrap timeout occured during execution of of a
+ function in a lib module (i.e. a function called directly
+ or indirectly from a test case), the Suite argument in
+ the end_tc/3 framework callback function would not
+ correctly contain the name of the test suite, but the lib
+ module. (This would only happen if the lib module was
+ compiled with ct.hrl included). This error has been
+ solved.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9398</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Corrections of the vts mode. It will now report errors
+ (about e.g. incorrect config files) instead of crashing
+ or hanging. Furthermore, the requirement that the test
+ directory name must have a "_test" suffix has been
+ removed. Also, a workaround has been implemented for the
+ limitation that the file browser (in many web browsers)
+ will only return the basic file name, not the full
+ directory path (which made it impossible to have config
+ files in other directories than the main test directory).</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9429</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Add a proplist() type</p>
+ <p>
+ Recently I was adding specs to an API and found that
+ there is no canonical proplist() type defined. (Thanks to
+ Ryan Zezeski)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9499</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ It is now possible to use the 'step' flag/option to run
+ the debugger for test suites that contain test case
+ groups. This previously caused Common Test to crash. If
+ 'step config' is specified, breakpoints are now also
+ automatically set on init_per_group and end_per_group.
+ Note that breakpoints are always set automatically on
+ test case functions and this is true also for grouped
+ cases.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9518 Aux Id: OTP-8933 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The test index page was not refreshed at the start of
+ each test suite which made it impossible to follow test
+ execution by means of refreshing the browser window (no
+ links to follow). This has been fixed.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9520 Aux Id: OTP-8933 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ If a test suite would start with a test case group
+ defined without the init_per_group/2 and end_per_group/2
+ function, init_per_suite/1 would not execute initially
+ and logging of the test run would fail. This error has
+ been fixed.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9584</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The "Missing Suites" link from the top level index page
+ was incorrect and has been fixed.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9592</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Various corrections and updates to improve the handling
+ and reporting of errors.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-8933</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The dir and suite start option can now be used in
+ combination. E.g. executing my_SUITE in directory
+ my_tests can either be specified as "ct_run -suite
+ my_tests/my_SUITE" or as "ct_run -dir my_tests -suite
+ my_SUITE". Furthermore, the specification:
+ ct:run_test([{suite,["./my_SUITE"]},{testcase,t1}]) is
+ now interpreted as
+ ct:run_test([{suite,"./my_SUITE"},{testcase,t1}]), i.e.
+ only testcase t1 in test suite my_SUITE - not all cases -
+ will be executed.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9155</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ A new option, 'logopts', has been introduced, to make it
+ possible to modify some aspects of the logging behaviour
+ in Common Test (or Test Server). For example, whenever an
+ io printout is made, test_server adds newline (\n) to the
+ end of the output string. This may not always be a
+ preferred action and can therefore be disabled by means
+ of "ct_run ... -logopts no_nl" (or ct:run_test([...,
+ {logopts,[no_nl]}])). A new framework callback function,
+ get_logopts/0, has been introduced (see the ct_framework
+ module for details).</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9372 Aux Id: OTP-9396 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ A new option, 'logopts', has been introduced, to make it
+ possible to modify some aspects of the logging behaviour
+ in Common Test (or Test Server). For example, if the html
+ version of the test suite source code should not be
+ generated during the test run (and consequently be
+ unavailable in the log file system), the feature may be
+ disabled by means of "ct_run ... -logopts no_src" (or
+ ct:run_test([..., {logopts,[no_src]}])). A new framework
+ callback function, get_logopts/0, has been introduced
+ (see the ct_framework module for details).</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9396 Aux Id: seq11869, OTP-9372 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ CT Hooks can now be assigned a priority. The priority of
+ a CTH determines when it should execute in relation to
+ other CTHs. The CTH with the lowest priority will be
+ executed first, CTHs with equal priority will be executed
+ in the order which they were installed.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9445</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ It is now possible to use a tuple {M,F,A}, or a fun, as
+ timetrap specification in the suite info function or test
+ case info functions. The function must return a valid
+ timeout value, as documented in the common_test man page
+ and in the User's Guide.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9501 Aux Id: seq11894 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ A new built-in common test hook has been added which
+ captures error_logger and SASL event and prints them in
+ the testcase log. To disable this (and any other built-in
+ hooks) pass 'enable_builtin_hooks false' to common test.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9543</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Common Test now has the possibility to have built-in
+ hooks which are started by default when any test is run.
+ To disable built-in hooks pass 'enable_builtin_hooks
+ false' to common test. See the common test hooks
+ documentation for more details.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9564</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
<section><title>Common_Test 1.5.4</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>